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Battleground Tour Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, spoke at campaign events in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday as part of a five-day battleground tour. Former President Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, did the same—in reverse order. Harris and Walz rallied together for the first time on Tuesday in Pennsylvania. After their stops in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Detroit, the pair will travel for the next three days for campaign stops in North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. With the exception of North Carolina, where there isn't yet enough data, Harris and Trump are polling within the margin of error of each other in each of these states, according to polling averages maintained by FiveThirtyEight. The current whirlwind nature of the Trump and Harris campaign was on symbolic display on Wednesday, when the jets carrying Vance and Harris were on the same tarmac in Wisconsin. Vance surprised the press pool gathered for Harris by walking up to the scrum. |
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Ukraine Appears to Invade Russia Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, accused Ukrainian troops of crossing the border into the Kursk region, marking the possible first incursion of its kind by Ukraine in Russia since the start of the war. Independent military analysts appear to confirm Russia's claim. The Epoch Times could not immediately verify Russia's claims. Ukrainian forces "attacked the positions of the units covering the State Border of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Nikolayevo-Daryino and Oleshnya in the Kursk region" near the Russian–Ukrainian border, north of Kharkiv in Ukraine, said the Russian ministry in a social media post on Tuesday. It said that 300 soldiers, 11 tanks, and 20 combat vehicles from the Ukrainian 22nd Mechanized Brigade were involved in the attack. Ukrainian authorities have not publicly responded to Russia's statements. Putin also alleged that Ukrainian forces were conducting the "indiscriminate shelling of civilian" targets in the Kursk region, while the Russian Ministry of Health said that 31 people were injured, including six children. |
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Starliner Failures Boeing's test pilots on its new Starliner spacecraft face uncertainty aboard the International Space Station as NASA considers plans to bring them home. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been aboard the ISS for more than 60 days as Boeing and NASA conducted extensive testing on an identical capsule at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico to determine the cause of Starliner's failing thrusters. One plan NASA is considering, the agency said on Aug. 7, is to bring Wilmore and Williams back on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission in February 2025, which would leave the two astronauts aboard the ISS for another six months. NASA previously planned to launch Crew-9 to the space station in September. The agency expects to have a final decision on a course of action by mid-August. Leaks in the helium-based propulsion system delayed the original launch by more than a month, and persisting leaks after liftoff led to multiple thrusters failing before the crew docked with the ISS on June 6. How do you like our new sections? Tell us what you think here. |
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 | | 'In the Sweet By-and-By' | | "In the Sweet By-and-By," which celebrates heaven's beauty and God's love, quickly became a gospel classic after its publication in 1868. The uplifting song's timeless appeal has led to countless covers by country artists and appearances in films and musicals, making it a favorite for many over the years.
But how did the song come about? When composer Joseph P. Webster arrived at lyricist Sanford Fillmore Bennett's office, the latter could tell that his friend was feeling sad. When he asked about it, Webster replied, "It's no matter. … It will be all right by and by." Bennett immediately wrote down the lyrics, and Webster composed the melody.
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